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So, I'm up 3 pounds since beginning this wild ride, my lifts and recovery have been improving. I'll be adding some conditioning of my off days, nothing major, but it couldn't hurt to get some work in for my heart and lungs. We'll see how this affects my calorie needs.

This really only differs from fajitas in the spices. More salt, pepper, and some oregano on the meat, no cumin. Had hoped to make chili rellenos, but the chilies at the store looked sub par. Next time!

I'm up close to 5000 on my normal days. Cheat days break into the 8k range, and the back off days are as low as 3000.

I don't frequently list incidentals here, but there's around 4 oz of almonds, bits of cheese and meat, pickles, the occasional chicken leg that finds its way into my stomach throughout the day. There's also the butter and olive oil for cooking.

On a related note, my head nearly exploded today whilst trying to explain to someone that vegetable oil was NOT healthier because it comes from veggies. There's no winning some of these.

Lol, then tonight's dinner is perfect for you! I have to have about 60% of my meals with a cooking/prep time of under 30 minutes or I run out of time to enjoy eating them later.

Good day for food today for the most part. Had some almond butter mixed with whey earlier, pretty good, and hopefully won't impact me as hard as the peanut butter does. Dinner was lower in fat, so I got hit with MASSIVE cravings an hour later, and this did the trick.

Dinner: "Cobb" Salad. Its in quotes because it isn't officially a cobb salad, but its close enough for government work.
-Serves 3, I like the left overs for lunch if I can get to them before my girlfriend does.

Pan fry the ham steak, toss chicken breasts on a george foreman sort of grill, cook the bacon, chop everything, and serve. The only problem tonight was I was out of avocado, which lead to not enough fat. Other than that, pretty darn good food today. Made fresh tortillas today as well, so of course I had to "test" several at lunch.